Oliver Earns Second OursportsCentral.com Player of the Week Honors
June 22, 2004 - United States Basketball League (USBL)
Cedar Rapids River Raiders News Release
Cedar Rapids, IA (June 22, 2004) The Cedar Rapids River Raiders along with OursportsCentral.com announce today that Dean Oliver has been selected for a second time as the OursportsCentral.com player of the week for the week of June 14 â June 20.
The 5-foot-11, 175 - pound guard averaged 22.3 points and 5 assists per game during the week, playing three home games against the Dodge City Legend, Kansas Cagerz, and Oklahoma Storm. This places Oliver eighth overall in total scoring (19.4ppg), fifth overall in assists (6.3apg), and third in steals (2.3spg) in the USBL standings as of June 20th.
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The River Raiders in their inaugural season will make an appearance at the USBL post season festival on Friday June 25th vs. the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs at 2pm CST. The top eight of the 11 USBL teams qualify for the single-elimination post-season festival in Salina, Kansas on June 25-27. For more information on the post season festival and ticket prices you can visit www.bicentennial.org. The River Raiders are an expansion franchise of the 19 year-old United States Basketball League. For more information about the Cedar Rapids River Raiders visit our website at www.crriverraiders.com.
United States Basketball League Stories from June 22, 2004
- Oliver Earns Second OursportsCentral.com Player of the Week Honors - Cedar Rapids River Raiders
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